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The 2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play starts in late December 2021 and will end in March 2022, after which all 14 member teams will participate in the 2022 Conference USA tournament at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The tournament champion is guaranteed a selection to the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1]
2021–22 Conference USA men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network, Stadium, ESPNU, ESPN+ |
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
Season MVP | Jordan Walker |
Tournament |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle Tennessee | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 11 | .703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Atlantic | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlotte | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIU | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Texas | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UAB † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTEP | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UTSA | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 7 | – | 26 | .212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2022 C-USA Tournament winner |
UAB was picked as a narrow favorite to finish first in Conference USA by a poll of the league's 14 head coaches.[2]
1. | UAB (8) |
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2. | Louisiana Tech (6) |
3. | WKU |
4. | Marshall |
5. | Old Dominion |
6. | North Texas |
7. | Charlotte |
8. | Rice |
9. | Florida Atlantic |
10. | UTEP |
11. | UTSA |
12. | Southern Miss |
13. | FIU |
14. | Middle Tennessee |
() first place votes
Media |
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Jahmir Young Charlotte |
Taevion Kinsey Marshall |
Kenneth Lofton Jr. Louisiana Tech |
Josh Anderson WKU |
Quincy Olivari Rice |
Tyler Stevenson Southern Miss |
Tavin Lovan UAB |
Souley Boum UTEP |
Kalu Ezikpe Old Dominion |
Isaiah Crawford Louisiana Tech |
Rodney Terry resigned as head coach of UTEP after three seasons to accept an assistant coaching position at Texas.[3]Joe Golding was then hired as the new head coach of the Miners.[4]
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Year at school | Overall record | C-USA record | C-USA championships | NCAA Tournaments |
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Charlotte | Ron Sanchez | Virginia (asst.) |
4 | 33-50 | 20-32 | 0 | 0 |
FIU | Jeremy Ballard | VCU (asst.) |
4 | 48-44 | 21-32 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Atlantic | Dusty May | Florida (asst.) |
4 | 47-41 | 23-25 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana Tech | Eric Konkol | Miami (asst.) |
7 | 129–65 | 67–39 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall | Dan D'Antoni | Los Angeles Lakers (asst.) |
8 | 128-99 | 71-51 | 1 | 1 |
Middle Tennessee | Nick McDevitt | UNC Asheville | 4 | 24-60 | 15-36 | 0 | 0 |
North Texas | Grant McCasland | Arkansas State | 5 | 78-51 | 39-29 | 1 | 0 |
Old Dominion | Jeff Jones | American | 9 | 167-92 | 93-45 | 1 | 1 |
Rice | Scott Pera | Rice (asst.) |
5 | 50-73 | 25-44 | 0 | 0 |
Southern Miss | Jay Ladner | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | 17-39 | 9-26 | 0 | 0 |
UAB | Andy Kennedy | Ole Miss | 2 | 22-7 | 13-5 | 0 | 0 |
UTEP | Joe Golding | Abilene Christian | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
UTSA | Steve Henson | Oklahoma (asst.) |
6 | 79-79 | 46-42 | 0 | 0 |
WKU | Rick Stansbury | Texas A&M (asst.) |
6 | 103-60 | 58-28 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
Charlotte | FIU | Florida Atlantic | Louisiana Tech | Marshall | Middle Tennessee | North Texas | Old Dominion | Rice | Southern Miss | UAB | UTEP | UTSA | WKU | ||
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vs. Charlotte | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. FIU | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Florida Atlantic | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Louisiana Tech | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Marshall | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Middle Tennessee | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. North Texas | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Old Dominion | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Rice | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Southern Miss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. UAB | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. UTEP | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. UTSA | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. WKU | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 |
Total | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week | Reference |
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Week 1 – Nov 15 | Dayvion McKnight - WKU | Aly Khalifa - Charlotte | [5] |
Week 2 – Nov 22 | Tevin Brewer – FIU | Teafale Lenard – Middle Tennessee | [6] |
Week 3 – Nov 29 | Kenneth Lofton, Jr. – Louisiana Tech | Rashad Bolden – Southern Miss | [7] |
Award | Recipients |
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Player of the Year | |
Coach of the Year | |
First Team | |
Second Team | |
Third Team | |
All-Freshman Team | |
All-Defensive Team |
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